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Webster 1913 Edition

Wisp

Wisp

,
Noun.
[OE.
wisp
,
wips
; probably akin to D. & G.
wisch
, Icel.
visk
, and perhaps to L.
virga
a twig, rod. Cf.
Verge
a rod,
Whisk
,
Noun.
]
1.
A small bundle, as of straw or other like substance.
In a small basket, on a
wisp
of hay.
Dryden.
2.
A whisk, or small broom.
3.
A Will-o’-the-wisp; an ignis fatuus.
The
wisp
that flickers where no foot can tread.
Tennyson.

Wisp

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Wisped
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Wisping
.]
1.
To brush or dress, an with a wisp.
2.
To rumple.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.

Webster 1828 Edition

Wisp

WISP

,
Noun.
[G.] A small bundle of straw or other like substance; as a wisp of straw; a wisp of hay; a wisp of herbs.

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